Peer-reviewed Publications

El-Enbaby, Hoda, Daniel O. Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, and Sikandra Kurdi. “Cash Transfers, Gender Norms, and Women’s Control over Decision-Making in Egypt.” Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1086/732909.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Bruce Hollingsworth, Jean-Francois Maystadt, and Saurabh Singhal. “Cash Transfers and Mental Health in Egypt.” Economics and Human Biology, vol. 54, 2024, p. 101396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101396.

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Abay, Kibrom A., Lina Abdelfattah, Hoda El-Enbaby, Mai Mahmoud, and Clemens Breisinger. “Plot Size and Sustainable Input Intensification in Smallholder Irrigated Agriculture: Evidence from Egypt.” Agricultural Economics, vol. 53, 2022, pp. 792–810. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12736.

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Galal, Rami, and Hoda El-Enbaby. “Inequality of Opportunity in Earnings and Assets in Egypt.” Applied Economics, vol. 52, no. 38, 2020, pp. 4146–4161. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2020.1731409.

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Breisinger, Clemens, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurdi, Amir Hamza Jilani, and Giang Thai. Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program: Evaluation of Program Impacts and Recommendations. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Oct. 2018. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295964.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Rana Hendy, and Chahir Zaki. “Do SPS Measures Matter for Margins of Trade? Evidence from Firm-Level Data.” Applied Economics, vol. 48, no. 21, 2016, pp. 1949–1964. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1111987.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Rana Hendy, and Chahir Zaki. “The Impact of Standards on Egyptian Trade: Evidence from SPS Measures.” Topics in Middle Eastern and African Economies, vol. 17, no. 2, May 2015. .

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Chapters in Edited Books

El-Enbaby, Hoda, and Hoda Selim. “Fiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Resource Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics?” Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies, edited by Kamiar Mohaddes, Jeffrey B. Nugent, and Hoda Selim, Oxford UP, 2019. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/institutions-and-macroeconomic-policies-in-resource-rich-arab-economies-9780198822226.

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Policy Briefs

El-Enbaby, Hoda, Olivier Ecker, Jose Luis Figueroa, Jef L. Leroy, and Clemens Breisinger. Leveraging Agricultural Interventions for Improving Nutrition in Egypt. MENA Policy Note 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2019. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133272.

 

Reports

Singhal, Saurabh, Smriti Sharma, Finn Tarp, Alessandra Hidalgo Arestegui, Ariana De Cross, Hoda El-Enbaby, and Timothy Kell-Fien, “Characteristics of the Vietnamese Rural Economy: Evidence from a 2020 Rural Household Survey in 12 Provinces of Vietnam.” 2022, DERG, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, and Clemens Breisinger. “Social Protection Responses to COVID in the Middle East and North Africa: The Case of Egypt.” Leveraging Food Systems to Reduce Poverty and Malnutrition, edited by A. Raza and F. Soares, Policy in Focus, vol. 18, no. 1, Dec. 2020, FAO and International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). https://doi.org/10.4060/cb2498en 

 

Kurdi, Sikandra, Clemens Breisinger, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Daniel Gilligan, and Naureen Karachiwalla. “Targeting Social Safety Nets Using Proxy Means Tests: Evidence from Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Program.” Boosting Growth to End Hunger by 2025: The Role of Social Protection, edited by Fleur Stephanie Wouterse and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018, pp. 135–153. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295988_10.

 

Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Hoda El-Enbaby, Jose Luis Figueroa, Hagar ElDidi, and Clemens Breisinger. Agriculture and Economic Transformation in the Middle East and North Africa: A Review of the Past with Lessons for the Future. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2018. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292956.

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Working Papers

El-Enbaby, Hoda, Dalia Elsabbagh, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Bastien Koch, and Sikandra Kurdi. Impact Evaluation Report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second Round Report. MENA RP Working Paper 40, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2022. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136395.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, and Sikandra Kurdi. Cash Transfers and Women’s Control over Decision-Making and Labor Supply in Egypt. MENA RP Working Paper 25, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2019. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133538.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Olivier Ecker, Jose Luis Figueroa, Jef L. Leroy, and Clemens Breisinger. Characteristics of Smallholder Farm Households in Upper Egypt: Implications for Nutrition-Sensitive Agricultural Interventions. MENA RP Working Paper 20, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2019. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/133262.

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Breisinger, Clemens, Daniel Gilligan, Naureen Karachiwalla, Sikandra Kurdi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Amir Jilani, and Giang Thai. Impact Evaluation Study for Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program: Part 1: Quantitative Report. MENA RP Working Paper 14, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132719.

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ElDidi, Hagar, Hoda El-Enbaby, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurdi, Patti Petesch, Yasmine Moataz, and Karim-Yassin Goessinger. Impact Evaluation Study for Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program: Part 2: Qualitative Report. MENA RP Working Paper 15, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132718.

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Breisinger, Clemens, Daniel Gillian, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Naureen Karachiwalla, Yumna Kassim, Sikandra Kurdi, Amir Jilani, Giang Thai, Karim-Yassin Goessinger, Yasmine Moataz, and Patti Petesch. Impact Evaluation Study for Egypt’s Takaful and Karama Cash Transfer Program: Synthesis Report—Summary of Key Findings from the Quantitative and Qualitative Impact Evaluation Studies. MENA RP Working Paper 16, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132717.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, and Hoda Selim. Fiscal Outcomes in Bahrain: Oil Price Volatility, Fiscal Institutions or Politics? ERF Working Paper 1234, Economic Research Forum, 2018. http://erf.org.eg/publications/fiscal-outcomes-in-bahrain-oil-price-volatility-fiscal-institutions-or-politics/.

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Abdelaziz, Fatma, Hoda El-Enbaby, Xiaobo Zhang, and Clemens Breisinger. Clusters as Drivers of Local Industrial Development in Egypt: Which Are the Promising Sectors and Locations? MENA RP Working Paper 10, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132731.

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Figueroa, Jose Luis, Mai Mahmoud, and Hoda El-Enbaby. The Role of Agriculture and Agro-Processing for Development in Tunisia. MENA RP Working Paper 9, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2018. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132555.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, Jose Luis Figueroa, Hagar El-Didi, and Clemens Breisinger. The Role of Agriculture and the Agro-Processing Industry for Development in Egypt: An Overview. Egypt SSP Working Paper 3, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2016. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/131007.

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Abdelaziz, Fatma, Perrihan Al-Riffai, Clemens Breisinger, Paul A. Dorosh, Olivier Ecker, Hagar ElDidi, Hoda El-Enbaby, Jose Luis Figueroa, Laila Kenawy, Jef L. Leroy, Nicholas Minot, David J. Spielman, Jean-François Trinh Tan, and Xiaobo Zhang. Prioritizing Development Policy Research in Egypt: An Innovative Approach to Inform IFPRI’s Egypt Strategy Support Program. MENA RP Working Paper 1, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2016. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/130347.

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El-Enbaby, Hoda, and Rami Galal. Inequality of Opportunity in Individuals’ Wages and Households’ Assets in Egypt. ERF Working Paper 942, Economic Research Forum, 2015. http://erf.org.eg/publications/inequality-of-opportunity-in-individuals-wages-and-households-assets-in-egypt/.